Births
1500 - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
1573 - Jacques BonfrŠre, Dutch bible expert
1579 - Fran‡ois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1626 - Paul Hainlein, composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
1695 - Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
1716 - Felice de' Giardini, composer
1722 - Pietro Nardini, composer
1724 - Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
1727 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
1760 - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
1764 - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
1769 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
1777 - Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician
1788 - Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
1791 - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)
1792 - John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)
1793 - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungar
1794 - Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
1801 - Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
1801 - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1802 - Fran‡ois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)
1815 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
1823 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)
1827 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer
1831 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
1831 - George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 - Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 - John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
1839 - Victorin de Joncieres, composer
1840 - Edmond Audran, composer
1851 - Emil Liebling, composer
1852 - [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
1856 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)
1863 - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
1869 - Henri-D‚sir‚ Landru, French sex murderer
1871 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
1878 - Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
1879 - Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children book week
1882 - Pedro Regas, Sparta Greece, actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy) [or Apr 18
1883 - Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
1884 - Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)
1885 - Robert D‚launay, French painter
1889 - Pierre-tienne Flandin, Fren premier (1934-35)/min of Foreign affairs
1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
1894 - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58)
1898 - Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
1902 - Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
1904 - Harald James Penrose, pilot
1905 - Inger J Hagerup-Halsír, Norwegian poet
1908 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1908 - John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1908 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
1910 - Jrgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
1911 - Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
1911 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1912 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912 - Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
1912 - Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1916 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1917 - M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)
1917 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
1918 - 18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer
1919 - Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Assn of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
1919 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher
1919 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
1921 - A W Mabbs, archivist
1923 - Ann Miller
1923 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1923 - E C Meade, British chartered accountant
1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
1924 - Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1925 - Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
1925 - Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer (Tiptoe Through the Tulips)
1927 - Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
1927 - Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
1928 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
1928 - Earl of Limerick
1928 - Hardy Krger, Berlin Germany, actor (Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right)
1928 - Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College-Oxford)
1929 - Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko
1930 - Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1930 - Bryan Magee, writer
1930 - Earl of Limerick
1930 - Lou A de Graaf, Dutch asst secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
1930 - Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College, Oxford)
1930 - Tiny Tim
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1931 - Martin Boykan, composer
1932 - Henri Lazarof, composer
1932 - Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
1933 - Montserrat Caball‚, Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme)
1935 - Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
1936 - Charles Napier, actor (Night Stalker, Rambo)
1936 - Kennedy A Simmonds, premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983-95)
1937 - Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
1937 - Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, London, playwright
1940 - Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
1940 - Herbie Hancock
1941 - Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
1942 - Bill Bryden, theatre director
1942 - Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
1942 - Frank Bank, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
1943 - Charles Ludlam, NYC, playwright/actor (Big Easy)
1944 - John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
1944 - Karel Kryl, folk singer
1945 - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
1946 - Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children)
1946 - Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena)
1946 - Ren‚ Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
1947 - Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx)
1947 - David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
1947 - David Letterman
1947 - Tom Clancy
1948 - Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70's)
1950 - David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family)
1950 - Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
1950 - David Cassidy
1951 - Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
1952 - Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
1952 - J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
1954 - Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olymp-bronze-1972) [or Aug 12
1954 - Pat Travers, rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight)
1956 - Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
1956 - Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
1956 - Andy Garcia
1958 - Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1958 - Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
1959 - Elissa Leeds, NYC, actress (Cissy-Dorothy)
1959 - Pascal Barr‚, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1959 - Patrick Barr‚, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
1961 - Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988)
1964 - Mike Macfarlane, Stockton CA, catcher (KC Royals)
1965 - Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
1966 - Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
1966 - Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleve Browns)
1966 - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1967 - Donna Andrews, Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1967 - Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1967 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
1968 - Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1968 - Alicia Coppola, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
1968 - Neal Fort, CFL tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1970 - Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1971 - Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
1971 - Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1971 - Shannen Doherty, Memphis Tn, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)
1971 - Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1971 - Shannen Doherty
1973 - Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)
1973 - Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996)
1974 - Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
1974 - Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Oly-gold-98
1975 - Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 - Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong (1996)
1978 - Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
1979 - Claire Danes, NYC, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet)
1979 - Claire Danes
Events
1065 - Pilgrims under bishop Günther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1111 - Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1204 - 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
1229 - Queen Blanche of Castilië & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
1385 - John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant
1385 - Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stouts daughter Margaretha (10)
1545 - French king François I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1583 - William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
1606 - England adopts Union Jack as its flag
1648 - University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
1654 - England, Ireland & Scotland united
1709 - 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
1713 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
1770 - Townsend Acts repealed
1776 - Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
1782 - Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1787 - Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
1811 - 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA
1826 - Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London
1844 - Texas became a US territory
1857 - Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1859 - Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
1861 - Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
1862 - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1863 - -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
1864 - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1872 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)
1877 - British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1883 - French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
1887 - Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo
1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
1893 - Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hen
1894 - British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1896 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1898 - Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1905 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1907 - Belgium govt of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1909 - Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1917 - Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1917 - Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1919 - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1926 - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1927 - Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1928 - Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
1930 - 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
1930 - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1931 - Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1932 - Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1933 - Moffatt Field commissioned
1934 - Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
1935 - "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1935 - Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1935 - Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1938 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1938 - US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1940 - Italy annexes Albania
1940 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
1941 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1941 - Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
1942 - 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
1942 - Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1943 - Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1943 - Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1944 - Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC
1945 - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth
1945 - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1945 - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1945 - US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
1946 - Syria gains independence from France
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 - Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1953 - 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
1953 - KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1954 - 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1955 - 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1955 - Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1956 - Bandaranaike govt forms in Ceylon
1957 - Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 - 12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
1958 - Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1959 - 13th Tony Awards: J B & Redhead win
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1959 - France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1960 - Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1960 - Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1961 - 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
1961 - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1963 - Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
1963 - Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1964 - 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
1964 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1965 - 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1966 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1966 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1966 - Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1969 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1970 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Sudan adopts constitution
1973 - Swaziland suspends constitution
1975 - Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1976 - India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1979 - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1980 - BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1981 - 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1981 - Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1982 - 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 - Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1985 - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
1986 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1987 - 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 - Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1987 - Texaco files for bankruptcy
1988 - Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 - Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
1988 - Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 - Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
1989 - 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker
1989 - Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1990 - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 - James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1990 - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for
1991 - 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
1992 - 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
1992 - 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino
1992 - 56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
1992 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
1992 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1992 - Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1992 - Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1992 - NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 - Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1998 - 62nd Golf Masters Championship:
Deaths
352 - Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1555 - Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75
1605 - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
1690 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1704 - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
1748 - William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
1760 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
1777 - Claude-Prosper J de Cr‚billon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70
1788 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
1795 - Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80
1797 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
1817 - Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
1828 - Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60
1845 - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1859 - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
1864 - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1878 - William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
1896 - Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
1909 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
1910 - William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 6
1912 - Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
1914 - Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
1922 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
1938 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
1938 - Seraf¡n Alvarez Quint‚ro, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1946 - August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
1946 - F Guicciardi, writer, dies
1947 - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1951 - Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
1954 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
1956 - Jos‚ Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alc zar 1936), dies at 77
1959 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
1959 - James Gleason, dies at 76
1961 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
1961 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
1965 - Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
1966 - Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1972 - C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
1972 - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
1974 - Carl Jaffe, dies at 72
1975 - Jos‚phine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-BergŠre), dies at 68
1976 - Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
1977 - Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
1980 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), die
1980 - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
1981 - Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
1981 - Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
1981 - Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 66
1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
1987 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
1988 - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1991 - James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
1992 - Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
1993 - Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1993 - Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
1994 - Jean Carmet, dies at 72
1994 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1995 - Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56
1996 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
1996 - Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
1996 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
1997 - George Wald, scientist, dies at 90
404 Events for 12th April